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Rode 16 miles farther put up for the night in Ashtabula on the east side of the ___ which separates the two villages by that name it is a county town. | Rode 16 miles farther put up for the night in Ashtabula on the east side of the ___ which separates the two villages by that name it is a county town. | ||
Saturday the 16th rode 18 miles before we stopped at noon pleasant day the road hilly but smooth this forenoon passed through ___ ville the walls of a brick church were standing that was destroyed by lightning last Sabbath stopped at Madison Continued our route to Paineville(?) this country looks fertile farmers have generally large two story houses of brick and wood well built and finished on the outside but the inside meanly furnished and not half finished no yards a common rail fence before the ___ sometimes board fence half tumble down the yard filled with weeds one of the handsomest built homes I have seen on my journey had rough board window shutters to the upper story and the windows had no sashes the yard and garden overgrown with weeds it appeared to have been build several years. | Saturday the 16th rode 18 miles before we stopped at noon pleasant day the road hilly but smooth this forenoon passed through ___ ville the walls of a brick church were standing that was destroyed by lightning last Sabbath stopped at Madison Continued our route to Paineville(?) this country looks fertile farmers have generally large two story houses of brick and wood well built and finished on the outside but the inside meanly furnished and not half finished no yards a common rail fence before the ___ sometimes board fence half tumble down the yard filled with weeds one of the handsomest built homes I have seen on my journey had rough board window shutters to the upper story and the windows had no sashes the yard and garden overgrown with weeds it appeared to have been build several years. | ||
Crossed the Grand River one miles west of Paineville it is a small stream so that it was fordable with | Crossed the Grand River one miles west of Paineville it is a small stream so that it was fordable with tears Reached Paineville about dark it is a very pretty place some handsome brick buildings it has two churches a Presbyterian & Methodist we stopped here for the night. | ||
Sunday the 17th Rode five miles before breakfast stopped and took breakfast and proceeded passed through the village of Chagrin stopped again at two oclock 142 miles from miles from Cleveland the rather warm I fest as much dispirited | |||
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Rode 16 miles farther put up for the night in Ashtabula on the east side of the ___ which separates the two villages by that name it is a county town. Saturday the 16th rode 18 miles before we stopped at noon pleasant day the road hilly but smooth this forenoon passed through ___ ville the walls of a brick church were standing that was destroyed by lightning last Sabbath stopped at Madison Continued our route to Paineville(?) this country looks fertile farmers have generally large two story houses of brick and wood well built and finished on the outside but the inside meanly furnished and not half finished no yards a common rail fence before the ___ sometimes board fence half tumble down the yard filled with weeds one of the handsomest built homes I have seen on my journey had rough board window shutters to the upper story and the windows had no sashes the yard and garden overgrown with weeds it appeared to have been build several years. Crossed the Grand River one miles west of Paineville it is a small stream so that it was fordable with tears Reached Paineville about dark it is a very pretty place some handsome brick buildings it has two churches a Presbyterian & Methodist we stopped here for the night. Sunday the 17th Rode five miles before breakfast stopped and took breakfast and proceeded passed through the village of Chagrin stopped again at two oclock 142 miles from miles from Cleveland the rather warm I fest as much dispirited